Afghanistan: Health Services

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many health clinics in Afghanistan have received funding from the Government in each year since 2001.

Douglas Alexander: The majority of UK support for health in Afghanistan occurs through contributions to the Afghan Government's budget. Since 2002, the Department for International Development (DFID) has contributed £360 million to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund (ARTF). The ARTF is managed by the World Bank and reimburses proven Government expenditure on operating costs including on health. DFID will provide a further £165 million to the ARTF to 2012-13 which will cover 14 per cent. of the Government's recurrent costs in health.
	Since 2003 DFID has also invested £32 million in the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), which funds small-scale projects selected by communities all across Afghanistan. The NSP has funded the construction of over 100 health projects nationwide.
	Construction of individual health clinics in Helmand is undertaken by the UK-led Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), to which DFID contributes staff and funding. In the last six months, the PRT has constructed or refurbished four health centres in Helmand province. Last year, the Bost hospital in Lashkar Gah received approximately £800,000 for a new maternity clinic and college. This would not have been possible under the Taliban.

Afghanistan: Overseas Aid

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided for rehabilitation projects for  (a) health clinics,  (b) schools and  (c) drinking wells in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

Douglas Alexander: The majority of the Department for International Development's (DFID's) support for health and education in Afghanistan is not through direct construction projects, but rather support to the Afghan Government budget. Since 2002 DFID has contributed £360 million to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund (ARTF) which is managed by the World Bank and reimburses proven Government expenditure on operating costs including in health and education. We will provide a further £165 million to the ARTF to 2012-13. This will cover 14 per cent. of the Government's recurrent costs in health and education.
	Since 2001 DFID has also contributed to a number of specific programmes involving the construction of health clinics, schools and drinking wells. Between 2006 and 2009, DFID contributed £30 million to various construction projects in Helmand through the Helmand Agriculture and Rural Development Programme (HARDP). This included almost £4.4 million for the construction of wells and latrines.
	Through the UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team, the Bost hospital in Lashkar Gah received approximately £800,000 last year for a new maternity clinic and college that would not have been possible under the Taliban.
	Since 2003, DFID has also contributed £32 million to the Government of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme (NSP), which funds small-scale projects selected by communities all around Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Roads

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many road projects in Afghanistan have been funded by the Government in each year since 2001.

Douglas Alexander: The majority of the Department for International Development's (DFID's) funding for construction projects in Afghanistan is through support to the Afghan Government's budget. Since 2003, DFID has contributed £32 million to the National Solidarity Programme (NSP). This funds small-scale projects selected by communities all around Afghanistan, and has funded the construction of almost 12,000 'transport' projects.
	Since 2001 DFID has also funded the design, improvement or construction of almost 150 kilometres of roads in Helmand province. This includes:
	59 kilometres of small road projects selected by local communities and funded through the Helmand Agriculture and Rural Development Programme (HARDP);
	12.5 kilometres in various districts of Helmand as part of the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team's road building programme;
	a 2.5 kilometre road providing access to the Gereshk power station, the rehabilitation of which DFID is financing;
	the design of the 48 kilometre Lashkar Gah to Gereshk road.

Afghanistan: Schools

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many schools in Afghanistan have been funded by his Department in each year since 2001.

Douglas Alexander: The majority of UK support for education in Afghanistan occurs through contributions to the Afghan Government budget. Since 2002, the Department for International Development (DFID) has contributed £360 million to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund (ARTF). The ARTF is managed by the World Bank and reimburses proven Government expenditure on operating costs including on education. We will provide a further £165 million to the ARTF to 2012-13 which will cover 14 per cent. of the Government's recurrent costs in education.
	Since 2003 DFID has also invested £32 million in the National Solidarity Programme (NSP). This funds small-scale projects selected by communities all across Afghanistan, including the construction of almost 6,000 education projects nationwide.
	DFID funded the refurbishment of training infrastructure and a teacher training centre in Kandahar province in 2002. UK support to construct schools in Helmand is, however, normally undertaken by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), to which DFID contributes staff and funding. In the last six months, the PRT has refurbished five schools in Helmand.

Church of England: Finance

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners with reference to the answer of 15 October 2009,  Official Report, column 996W, on the Church of England: finance, how the number of church members is calculated; what the average parish share per church member in each  (a) parochial church council (PCC) area and  (b) diocese is; what the parish share in each PCC in England in 2009 was; what revenue each diocese received (i) in total and (ii) per Church member from the (A) parish share and (B) other sources in the last 12 months; and how much each diocese spent in that period.

Stuart Bell: Church membership is estimated as an average of electoral roll, average Sunday attendance and average weekly attendance numbers.
	Parish share per church 'member' requested in each diocese was given in my answer of 15 October 2009,  Official Report, columns 995-96W. Parish share and other income per church 'member' received in each diocese in 2007 (the latest year for which such figures are available), using figures from diocesan accounts, is shown in the table.
	The Commissioners do not collect the other information requested by the hon. Gentleman.
	
		
			  Income per church 'member' in 2007( 1) 
			  £ 
			   Parish share  Other income  Total income 
			 Bath and Wells 291 206 497 
			 Birmingham 299 280 579 
			 Blackburn 263 168 431 
			 Bradford 396 391 787 
			 Bristol 387 178 564 
			 Canterbury 338 85 423 
			 Carlisle 302 228 530 
			 Chelmsford 339 174 513 
			 Chester 274 139 414 
			 Chichester 266 160 426 
			 Coventry 306 169 475 
			 Derby 314 133 447 
			 Durham 263 189 452 
			 Ely 281 163 444 
			 Exeter 304 199 503 
			 Gloucester 265 175 440 
			 Guildford 383 68 451 
			 Hereford 271 118 388 
			 Leicester 334 315 649 
			 Lichfield 310 289 599 
			 Lincoln 203 305 509 
			 Liverpool 246 154 400 
			 London 285 193 478 
			 Manchester 264 244 507 
			 Newcastle 276 181 458 
			 Norwich 342 209 551 
			 Oxford 330 131 461 
			 Peterborough 323 886 1209 
			 Portsmouth 286 155 442 
			 Ripon and Leeds 371 211 582 
			 Rochester 354 97 451 
			 St. Albans 316 158 473 
			 St. Edmunsbury and Ipswich 310 97 407 
			 Salisbury 282 99 381 
			 Sheffield 316 293 609 
			 Sodor and Man 270 86 356 
			 Southwark 380 185 566 
			 Southwell and Nottingham 323 249 571 
			 Truro 259 286 545 
			 Wakefield 305 170 475 
			 Winchester 316 74 390 
			 Worcester 315 198 513 
			 York 267 215 482 
			 Total 304 192 496 
			 (1 )Membership: One-third electoral roll, one-third average Sunday attendance, one-third average weekly attendance.

Preferential Voting: Referendum

Martin Linton: To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Whether the Electoral Commission has been requested to advise Ministers on the contents of a paving Bill for a referendum on preferential voting.

Gary Streeter: The Electoral Commission informs me that it has received no such request.

Departmental Cost Effectiveness

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what efficiency savings projects  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies put in place under the Operational Efficiency Programme; on what date each such project was initiated; how much each such project was expected to contribute to departmental savings; how much had been saved through each such project on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Norris: DEFRA and its delivery network are contributing to the Government's target of £35 billion VFM savings in CSR07. Overall progress towards the target will be reported in departmental autumn performance reports. Current savings include those arising under DEFRA's Workplace Support Initiative which will bring much of the DEFRA estate (which currently covers over 234 sites across the Department and its agencies) into a single facilities management contract. DEFRA will save £6 million per year in 2010-11 compared to the preceding year through economies of scale and increasing the flexibility of its facilities. Savings will rise to £11 million per year by 2013-14.
	The Department's plans for delivering OEP savings over the next spending review are being developed to contribute to the Government's £9 billion target of OEP savings across the public sector.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Leader of the House when she plans to reply to the letter of 21 September 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

Barbara Keeley: The hon. Member's letter of 21 September 2009 was transferred to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; which is part of the Ministry of Justice, for answer, on the 5 October 2009.
	I apologise for any confusion and delay caused.

A3: Hindhead

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the cost to date was of the Hindhead Tunnel project on the latest date figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the total cost of that project.

Chris Mole: Expenditure to date at the end of October 2009 for the Hindhead Tunnel was £258.6 million.
	The most recent estimate of the total cost for the project is £365.7 million.

Aircraft: Air Conditioning

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent reports he has received of  (a) incidents involving the contamination of aircraft cabin air supply by fumes from engine lubricants and  (b) the commercial aircraft types which have experienced a contamination of the cabin air supply from the fumes of engine lubricants.

Paul Clark: Incidents of contaminated air events are reported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) under the mandatory occurrences reporting scheme (MORS). The latest figures, by commercial aircraft type in the UK, for the first six months of this year are shown in the table.
	Between 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2009, there were 38 reported contaminated air events. These figures are out of 553,266 airline flights passenger and cargo operations-for the corresponding period:
	
		
			  Aircraft type  Reportable occurrences involving contaminated air (January-June 2009) 
			 Boeing 757 8 
			 Airbus A319 7 
			 Airbus A320 6 
			 Boeing 737 5 
			 Various other aircraft types 12 
			 Total 38 
		
	
	For ease of reference the figures for the last full year (2008) are also included. In 2008 there were 97 reported contaminated air events. These figures are out of 1.2 million airline flights-passenger and cargo operations-for the calendar year 2008.
	
		
			  Aircraft type  Reportable occurrences involving contaminated air (2008) 
			 Boeing B757 38 
			 Airbus A319 19 
			 Boeing B737 10 
			 Airbus A320 6 
			 Boeing B747 5 
			 Various other aircraft types 19 
			 Total 97 
			  Note: The British Aerospace BAe146 and Boeing B777 are now included in 'various other aircraft types' as the numbers of reported events were two and four respectively.

Bus Services: Concessions

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the cost to the public purse of subsidising bus services was in each year since 1997.

Sadiq Khan: The Government subsidise bus services in England through the Department for Transport's bus service operators grant (BSOG) which is paid to operators of local bus services.
	Since 1998, the Government have also provided rural bus subsidy grant which helps local authorities to support rural bus services in England.
	The following table shows the amounts paid by Government in each year since 1997 through bus service operators grant and rural bus subsidy grant in England:
	
		
			  £ million 
			   Bus service operators grant in England  Rural bus subsidy grant 
			 1997-98 187.3 - 
			 1998-99 222.3 32.5 
			 1999-2000 277.4 32.5 
			 2000-01 301.3 32.5 
			 2001-02 304.3 41.5 
			 2002-03 317.2 47.5 
			 2003-04 331.4 48.5 
			 2004-05 347.5 51.0 
			 2005-06 357.6 53.0 
			 2006-07 367.5 54.3 
			 2007-08 392.2 55.6 
			 2008-09 423.2 57.0 
			 2009-10 436.6 58.5 
			 Total 4,265.9 564.4 
		
	
	Rural bus services are also supported by local authorities' revenue support grant (RSG) funding. It is for local authorities to decide what bus services to support in their area according to local needs and priorities.

Cheadle Hulme Station: Finance

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport 
	(1)  what proportion of the new £50 million allocated for station improvements will be allocated to Cheadle Hulme railway station;
	(2)  what recent assessment his Department has made of the case for improvements to Cheadle Hulme railway station.

Chris Mole: The new £50 million fund is intended for the 10 major (category B) interchange stations identified as requiring urgent improvement in the Station Champions' report. Cheadle Hulme is a medium staffed (category D) station and is therefore not included on this list.
	A site survey was carried out on behalf of the Strategic Rail Authority in 2005, as part of the consultation strategy behind the Access for All Programme. This identified that Cheadle Hulme did not meet modern standards for accessibility in a number of respects, and recommended installation of a new footbridge and lifts to all platforms. We currently expect this work to take place during 2010-11.

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the average level of carbon dioxide emissions in grammes per kilometre was for  (a) new and  (b) all cars in (i) the UK and (ii) each other EU member state in each year since 1997.

Sadiq Khan: A fully comprehensive dataset of fuel efficiency data for new cars is only available for the UK and the EU from 2001 in accordance with EU Decision 1753/2000/EC. The EU Commission collects and reports average CO2 emission data for new cars sold across the EU by member state. Table 1 is taken from the latest EU Commission monitoring report and shows average fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the UK and other EU member states where data is available between 2001 and 2007 measured in grams of carbon dioxide per km (gCO2/km). Missing data reflects the expansion of the EU to 25 member states in 2004 and to 27 in 2007 (2007 data for Bulgaria is missing as none was submitted to the EU Commission). Data for 2008 is not yet available.
	
		
			  Table 1: Average fuel efficiency of new cars sold by member state 
			  Member state  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Austria 165.6 164.4 163.8 161.9 162.1 163.7 162.9 
			 Belgium 163.7 161.1 158.1 156.5 155.2 153.9 152.8 
			 Cyprus n/a n/a n/a 173.4 173.0 170.1 170.3 
			 Czech Republic n/a n/a n/a 154.0 155.3 154.2 154.2 
			 Denmark 172.9 170.0 169.0 165.9 163.7 162.5 159.8 
			 Estonia n/a n/a n/a 179.0 183.7 182.7 181.6 
			 Finland 178.1 177.2 178.3 179.8 179.5 179.2 177.3 
			 France 159.8 156.8 155.0 153.1 152.3 149.9 149.4 
			 Germany 179.5 177.4 175.9 174.9 173.4 172.5 169.5 
			 Greece 166.5 167.8 168.9 168.8 167.4 166.5 165.3 
			 Hungary n/a n/a n/a 158.4 156.3 154.6 155.0 
			 Ireland 166.6 164.3 166.7 167.6 166.8 166.3 161.6 
			 Italy 158.3 156.6 152.9 150.0 149.5 149.2 146.5 
			 Latvia n/a n/a n/a 192.4 187.2 183.1 183.5 
			 Lithuania n/a n/a n/a 187.5 186.3 163.4 176.5 
			 Luxembourg 177.0 173.8 173.5 169.7 168.6 168.2 165.8 
			 Malta n/a n/a n/a 148.8 150.5 145.9 147.8 
			 Netherlands 174.0 172.4 173.5 170.9 169.9 166.7 164.8 
			 Poland n/a n/a n/a 154.1 155.2 155.9 153.7 
			 Portugal n/a 154.0 149.9 147.1 144.9 145.0 144.2 
			 Romania n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 154.8 
			 Slovakia n/a n/a n/a n/a 157.4 152.0 152.7 
			 Slovenia n/a n/a n/a 152.7 157.2 155.3 156.3 
			 Spain 156.8 156.4 157.0 155.3 155.3 155.6 153.2 
			 Sweden 200.2 198.2 198.5 197.2 193.8 188.6 181.4 
			 UK 177.6 174.8 172.7 171.3 169.7 167.7 164.7 
			  Source:  EU Commission 
		
	
	It is not possible to produce figures for average CO2 emissions for all cars in the UK or other EU member states because of the relatively few years for which average fuel efficiency data has been collected.

Railway Stations: Finance

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether the funding for the station improvements referred to in his announcement on 17 November is to come from the National Station Improvement Programme.

Chris Mole: The £50 million announced on 17 November to tackle improvements at the 10 major interchange stations identified for improvement in the Station Champions' report is in addition to the existing £150 million for station improvements under the National Stations Improvement Programme.

Road Signs and Markings

Greg Knight: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has spent on advertising the purpose of driver location signs; and what assessment he has made of the public awareness of such signs.

Chris Mole: The Highways Agency has spent £5,000 on advertising the purpose of driver location signs. This has included the production of leaflets and information on its website.
	The Highways Agency regularly engages with its customers to determine if more can be done to improve their awareness of new projects and initiatives. A recent customer report has highlighted the lack of public awareness of the signs and the Highways Agency is currently considering a range of options to correct this.
	Research carried out on trial sections of routes equipped with driver location signs showed that response times of emergency service organisations were 10 per cent. quicker than previous responses to similar incidents. Getting the emergency services to the scene of an incident more efficiently ultimately leads to incidents being cleared more quickly.

Stockport Station: Finance

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what proportion of the new £50 million allocated for station improvements will be allocated to Stockport railway station.

Chris Mole: Network Rail will take the lead in deciding the proportion of the new £50 million fund that will be spent on Stockport station, although the Department for Transport will need to approve the plans, which will be subject to a satisfactory business case and the prospect of an adequate financial return. We will also challenge the industry and local government to raise part of the money required for each of the stations themselves.

Coastal Areas: Finance

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which parliamentary constituencies received funding through the Sea Change programme in  (a) 2007-08 and  (b) 2008-09; and what the monetary value was of each grant.

Margaret Hodge: The Sea Change Programme, which has allocated £38 million to 32 resorts, has only been in place since 1 April 2008. The parliamentary constituencies which received funding in 2008-09 (Wave 1 of the programme), and the value of each grant is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Parliamentary constituency  Value of grant (£) 
			 Blackpool South 4,000,000 
			 Dover 3,850,000 
			 Torbay 1,542,531 
			 Totnes 705,001 
			 Berwick-upon-Tweed 1,000,000 
			 Bexhill and Battle 1,000,000 
			 Weston-Super-Mare 951,447 
			 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 480,800 
			 Bournemouth East 455,000 
			 Teignbridge 376,676 
			 Torridge and West Devon (1)100,000 
			 Blackpool North and Fleetwood (2)30,000 
			 North Thanet (2)30,000 
			 North Devon (2)30,000 
			 Beverley and Holderness (2)30,000 
			 Tynemouth (2)29,525 
			 Total 14,610,980 
			 (1) Development Grant (2) Feasibility Grant

Departmental Conferences

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on conferences in 2008-09.

Si�n Simon: My Department spent 133,398.30 on holding conferences in 2008-09. This figure includes running costs, room hire, hospitality and accommodation charges.

Gaming Machines

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many self-exclusions have been  (a) in operation and  (b) breached in relation to gaming machines in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The requirement for licensed gambling operators to put into effect procedures for self exclusion was introduced in September 2007 by the Gambling Commission. Figures on self exclusion were published for the first time in the Commission's Industry Statistics for 2008-09. These are available at
	www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk
	and can be seen in the following table.
	Prior to the Gambling Act 2005 coming into force, self-exclusion arrangements were put in place on a voluntary basis by gambling operators and no central data were collected on their use.
	
		
			  Number of exclusions recorded by operators( 1)  Adult gaming centres  Family entertainment centres 
			 Self exclusions 2,254 201 
			 Known breaches of self exclusion 132 9 
			 Number of individuals who cancelled their self exclusion after minimum exclusion period 513 67 
			 (1) The numbers of people who have self excluded and the numbers of people who have cancelled their self-exclusion may be lower than these figures as individuals may have self excluded from more than one venue and thus been counted more than once. The number of breaches represents the numbers of separate incidents, rather than the number of individuals.

Sport England: Finance

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated by Sport England to each of the national governing bodies for the  (a) Grow,  (b) Sustain and  (c) Excel element of Sport England's strategy.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The figures in the following table are based upon information provided to Sport England by national governing bodies at the time their 2009-13 awards were made in December 2008.
	For some NGBs (highlighted by asterisks) an exact Grow/Sustain/Excel breakdown was difficult to determine as their plans for the sport to grow and sustain participation, in particular, are hard to separate. In these cases, the figures are assumptions made by Sport England based on wider information contained in the Whole Sport Plans.
	As a result of some amendments made to the final figures in contractual discussions between Sport England and the NGBs concerned, there are some minor discrepancies between the Grow/Sustain/Excel figures in the breakdown and the actual final awards made.
	
		
			   
			  Sport  Governing body  Grow  Sustain  Excel  Total  Actual award figure 
			 Angling Angling Development Board 0 1,414,632 147,274 1,561,906 1,561,906 
			 Archery* Grand National Archery Association 428,995 428,994 0 857,989 857,989 
			 Athletics UK Athletics 4,304,463 11,256,229 4,886,477 20,447,169 20,447,169 
			 Badminton Badminton England 4,280,592 11,217,488 5,301,923 20,800,003 20,800,000 
			 Baseball and softball Baseball Softball UK 1,441,249 1,258,751 0 2,700,000 2,700,000 
			 Basketball* England Basketball 4,100,000 4,100,000 0 8,200,000 8,200,000 
			 Boccia* C P Sport 408,021 408,020 0 816,041 816,041 
			 Bowls* English Indoor Bowling Association 378,375 378,375 0 756,750 756,750 
			 Boxing Amateur Boxing Association 846,000 2,820,000 1,034,000 4,700,000 4,700,000 
			 Canoeing British Canoe Union 1,785,640 3,484,627 3,200,310 8,470,577 8,470,577 
			 Cricket England and Wales Cricket Board 7,571,420 23,233,082 7,198,856 38,003,357 38,003,357 
			 Cycling British Cycling 5,680,000 11,704,354 6,903,654 23,244,840 23,244,832 
			 Equestrian British Equestrian Federation 638,436 2,598,004 1,031,562 4,268,002 4,268,002 
			 Fencing British Fencing Association 156,212 624,848 260,353 1,041,413 1,041,413 
			 Football The Football Association 5,852,096 17,546,904 2,236,000 25,635,000 25,635,000 
			 Goalball* British Blind Sport 177,000 177,000 0 354,000 354,000 
			 Golf England Golf Partnership 1,737,475 7,890,375 3,297,880 12,925,730 12,851,500 
			 Gymnastics British Gymnastics 1,964,786 6,248,822 3,174,873 11,388,481 11,388,481 
			 Handball* England Handball 322,650 322,650 0 645,300 645,300 
			 Hockey England Hockey 1,786,260 7,667,440 2,046,300 11,500,000 11,511,000 
			 Judo British Judo Association 2,418,280 5,924,041 1,899,680 10,242,001 10,242,001 
			 Lacrosse English Lacrosse Association 909,700 920,700 380,600 2,211,000 2,210,993 
			 Modern pentathlon Pentathlon GB 32,750 287,789 391,282 711,821 886,496 
			 Mountaineering British Mountaineering Council 227,500 822,350 238,000 1,287,850 1,287,850 
			 Movement and dance Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership 260,568 480,984 0 741,552 741,552 
			 Netball England Netball 4,172,855 6,906,070 6,579,191 17,658,116 17,658,116 
			 Orienteering British Orienteering Federation 1,114,000 446,000 715,000 2,275,000 2,275,000 
			 Rounders Rounders England 1,148,180 1,051,820 0 2,200,000 2,200,000 
			 Rowing British Rowing 2,775,344 5,099,575 1,225,081 9,100,000 9,100,000 
			 Rugby League Rugby Football League 5,748,237 15,593,986 8,066,119 29,408,341 29,408,341 
			 Rugby Union Rugby Football Union 7,837,452 16,868,791 6,018,665 30,724,908 31,219,004 
			 Sailing Royal Yachting Association 748,600 6,317,050 2,554,350 9,620,000 9,619,542 
			 Shooting GB Target Shooting Federation 0 710,000 40,000 750,000 750,000 
			 Snowsport Snowsport England 447,050 461,790 76,160 985,000 985,000 
			 Squash England Squash 2,671,050 5,756,950 4,668,192 13,096,192 13,096,192 
			 Swimming Amateur Swimming Association 5,186,570 8,305,378 7,378,346 20,870,294 20,875,000 
			 Table tennis English Table Tennis Association 1,437,308 5,537,951 2,326,144 9,301,404 9,301,404 
			 Taekwondo* To be confirmed 375,000 375,000 0 750,000 750,000 
			 Tennis Lawn Tennis Association 6,359,909 15,457,080 4,983,011 26,800,000 26,800,000 
			 Triathlon British Triathlon Federation 1,086,401 2,165,006 1,448,456 4,699,863 4,700,000 
			 Volleyball Volleyball England 1,387,347 3,419,313 793,340 5,600,000 5,600,000 
			 Waterskiing British Water Ski 102,824 206,049 642,500 951,373 951,373 
			 Weightlifting* British Weight Lifters' Association 304,547 304,547 0 609,094 609,094 
			 Wheelchair basketball GB Wheelchair Basketball Association 120,268 479,602 121,873 721,743 727,683 
			 Wheelchair rugby* GB Wheelchair Rugby 240,000 240,000 0 480,000 480,000 
			 Wrestling British Wrestling Association 112,060 144,176 75,588 331,824 331,824 
			   91,083,470 219,062,595 91,341,041 401,487,103 402,102,952

Motorcycles

Stephen Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances  (a) police and  (b) Highways Agency traffic officers may order groups of two or more motorcyclists travelling together on public highways to (i) travel separately on the same route and (ii) take separate routes.

David Hanson: There is no specific power to split up groups of motorcyclists. The police and on certain roads Highways Agency Traffic Officers have a general power to direct a person driving or propelling any vehicle, including a motorcycle, to stop, proceed in, or keep to a particular line of traffic. It is an offence not to comply with such a direction. Exercise of the power to direct vehicles on particular occasions and in particular circumstances is an operational matter for the police and Highways Agency. It may be to reduce or prevent crime, to increase safety, or to regulate traffic.

Departmental Mobile Phones

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on  (a) purchasing and  (b) operating (i) Blackberrys and (ii) other mobile telephones in 2006 to 2009.

Ann McKechin: Information is not available in the form requested. The total costs of Blackberrys and other mobile phones, including the cost of equipment, call charges and line rental, are set out in the following table.
	
		
			   
			   Blackberrys  Other mobile phones 
			 2006-07 3,679.12 3,460.19 
			 2007-08 2,073.78 3,983.52 
			 2008-09 8,311.30 2,107.50

Departmental Taxis

Ian Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred against each such contract in each of the last three years.

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office have one contract in place to provide private hire taxi services in Edinburgh. The costs in each of the last three years are shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Expenditure () 
			 2006-07 4,692.76 
			 2007-08 3,987.98 
			 2008-09 4,234.10

Departmental Pay

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2008-09; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.

Peter Hain: In 2008-09, five staff in the Wales Office received end of year appraisal bonuses, to reward outstanding performance, representing 9 per cent. of the workforce. The total figure paid in bonuses was 6,000, a non-pensionable lump sum. Each of the five members of staff received 1,200, a fixed amount set by the Ministry of Justice.

Child Tax Credit

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in  (a) the UK,  (b) England,  (c) the North East and  (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency have claimed child tax credits in each year since their introduction.

Stephen Timms: Estimates of the average number of recipient families and their entitlements to tax credits, by Government office region, local authority and parliamentary constituency, for each year between 2003-04 and 2007-08, are available in the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publications 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Finalised Annual Awards. Geographical Analyses', available at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm
	The same information for 2008-09 is not yet available as awards have not yet been finalised. However, estimates of the number of recipient families with tax credits, based on provisional awards, as at 1 April 2009, are available in the HMRC snapshot publication 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics. Geographical analyses. April 2009', available at the same web address.

Departmental Official Cars

Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing official cars for the use of  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in the last 12 months.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: No estimate has been made of the cost of providing official cares to Minsters and officials in the last 12 months. In 2008-09, 582,000 was spent on the provision of official cars for Ministers and officials in HM Treasury.

Gurkhas: Pensions

Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of providing welfare benefits and pensions on terms equivalent to those of the armed forces pension scheme for those Gurkha ex-servicemen who retired prior to 1 July 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Kevan Jones: holding answer 23 November 2009
	I have been asked to reply.
	There have been no recent estimates made of the cost of welfare benefits for those former members of the Brigade of Gurkhas and their dependants who have already settled in the UK or may choose to do so as a result of the discretions announced earlier this year. Nor has there been any estimate of the total cost of welfare benefits for those Gurkhas still serving who choose to settle in the UK when they leave the armed forces.
	When the publication of the revised guidance was announced in April 2009, it was estimated, following cross-Government consultation, that the likely annual cost of allowing all former Gurkhas to settle in the UK would be 1.4 billion.
	The cost of providing retired Gurkhas with Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) equivalent pension benefits for all pensionable service before 1 July 1997 has been estimated at 1.5 billion over 20 years.

Housing: Construction

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what steps his Department is taking to stimulate the house building industry;
	(2)  what plans he has to assist the house building industry in the next two years.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: At Budget 2009, the Government announced a 600 million housing package to stimulate housing development and boost capacity in the house-building industry. On 29 June, the Government announced in Building Britain's Future that they are investing a further 1.5 billion over the next two years to build an extra 20,000 new energy efficient, good quality, social and affordable homes, and a further 10,000 additional homes for private sale.
	Taken together, over 900 million will be allocated over the next two years via the Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme to unlock development on currently stalled housing sites. We expect an additional 22,000 new homes, of which up to 8,000 will be affordable, to be delivered with support from these programmes. 340 million in funding will also be made available to local authorities to deliver new social housing at higher energy efficiency standards, expected to deliver up to 3,900 new homes.
	This is in addition to previous announcements in September 2008 of support to the house-building industry and first-time buyers, including the temporary stamp duty land tax holiday and the provision of 300 million in funding for HomeBuy Direct, and the Government's fiscal stimulus at pre-Budget report 2008.

Private Finance Initiative

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which projects funded under the private finance initiative have received loans from the  (a) European Investment Bank and  (b) Infrastructure Finance Unit; what the amount of such loans was; and in how many cases such a loan represented the single largest contribution to the cost of a project.

Ian Pearson: The Treasury's 'Infrastructure Finance Unit' has lent 120 million to the Greater Manchester Waste PFI; the largest contribution for this project came from the European Investment Bank who lent 182 million. Details of the Bank's other lending are available from its website
	www.eib.org/projects/loans/regions/european-union/gb.htm

Private Rented Housing

Willie Rennie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase to 9,000 the income tax threshold for income earned through renting a room in a property.

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what average annual income each homeowner who rented out a spare room or rooms in their property obtained from such rents in the latest 12 month period for which information is available;
	(2)  how many homeowners in each region are renting out a room in their property;
	(3)  what the tax revenue to the Exchequer from homeowners renting out a room in their property was in each of the last five years.

Stephen Timms: All taxes are kept under review, with any changes announced by the Chancellor as part of the Budget process.
	Based on the Family Resources Survey, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimate that the average annual income obtained from renting out a room was 3,000 in 2007-08. Estimated numbers of homeowners renting out rooms by region are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Government office region  Number of homeowners 
			 North East 1,200 
			 North West 5,600 
			 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,500 
			 East Midlands 4,200 
			 West Midlands 6,100 
			 East of England 11,600 
			 London 40,200 
			 South East 25,800 
			 South West 20,300 
			 Wales 3,700 
			 Scotland 5,800 
			 Northern Ireland 1,000 
			 Total 130,000 
		
	
	HMRC's administrative systems do not hold sufficiently detailed information to estimate the tax revenue attributable to renting out a room. Estimates of the cost of the rent-a-room income tax relieve are provided in 'Tax ready reckoner and tax reliefs, published alongside the annual pre-Budget report and available on the HM Treasury's website.

Taxation: Low Incomes

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the tax cost of exempting from  (a) income tax and  (b) national insurance contributions liability those earning the national minimum wage.

Stephen Timms: It is not possible to provide a reliable estimate because of the information requirements and the behavioural effects it would produce.
	The introduction of an exemption for income tax and disregard for NICs would have significant behavioural effects as it would introduce a cliff edge to the taxation of employees, and would mean that the personal allowance could be used to offset other income. In addition, a disregard for national insurance purposes would have serious implications for contributory benefit entitlement.
	The alternate approach would be to increase the income tax personal allowance and primary threshold for class 1 NICs to the annual level of pay received by someone working full-time at the NMW. The cost of this can be determined from HM Treasury's Tax ready reckoner and tax reliefs, the next edition of which will be published as part of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report supplementary documents on 9 December 2009.

Defence Equipment

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to provide armed forces personnel with body armour which includes groin protection.

Quentin Davies: We have spent 35 million over the last three years providing new body armour for troops on operations. We are continually seeking ways to protect our personnel, and work is well under way to research ways of providing additional protection for the perineal area.

Departmental Recycling

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what weight of paper his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

Kevan Jones: The Ministry of Defence holds data on the percentage of total waste recycled but not specifically on the weight of paper recycled.
	As part of reporting against the Sustainable Operation on the Government Estate targets, the MOD in 2008 agreed with the Office of Government Commerce a new waste baseline for MOD activities. In 2008-09 the Department recycled or reused 51 per cent. of its waste. Recycling and reuse figures prior to 2008-09, based on the best available data at the time and so are not directly comparable, were: 34 per cent. for 2007-08; 37 per cent. for 2006-07; 38.5 per cent. for 2005-06, and 22.6 per cent. for 2004-05.

Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many decisions for war pension awards causally linked to service for any condition other than leukaemia and polcythaemia rubra vera have made a finding that a nuclear test veteran was exposed to radiation whilst participating in UK nuclear tests.

Kevan Jones: Data is not held in the format requested.
	War Pensions are individually determined on the basis of all appropriate medical evidence, and the War Pension Computer System (WPCS) only contains the outcomes of this detailed assessment. Therefore, although the medical conditions claimed and awarded are held, details of the specific causes of these medical conditions are not recorded on WPCS. The manual search of many thousands of files would be required to provide the information requested and this could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Kentigern House

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence  (a) how much is expected to be made from the sale of and  (b) what the projected costs to the public purse are over the 20 year lease period of the sale and leaseback of the MoD Kentigern House site.

Kevan Jones: The property was advertised for offers in excess of 47.4 million in return for a 20 year lease in favour of the Ministry of Defence, at an initial market rent of 3.511 million per annum with annual fixed increases of 2 per cent. per annum compounded every five years. There are no other additional costs anticipated.
	Offers in excess of the asking price were received but remain subject to the completion of formal legal missives and are thus regarded as commercially confidential.

Broadband

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of the population has access to broadband of 2 Mbps or more.

Stephen Timms: We estimate that today 89 per cent. of homes can readily get a 2Mbps (or higher) broadband service (as reported in the Digital Britain White Paper, June 2009).

Departmental Pay

John Mason: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  what  (a) bonuses and  (b) incentives have been paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by his Department in each year since his Department was established;
	(2)  what  (a) bonuses and  (b) incentives have been paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible in each of the last three years.

Patrick McFadden: Information on bonuses and incentives paid to consultants and contractors engaged by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is not held centrally and to do so would incur disproportionate costs.
	I have approached the chief executives of the Department's executive agencies and they will respond to the hon. Member directly.
	Information on NDPBs is not held centrally and due to the volume of NDPBs, to do so would incur disproportionate cost.
	 Letter from Gareth Jones, dated 26 November 2009:
	I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled 18 November 2009, UIN 300650, to the Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	In the last three years Companies House has paid a one-off bonus of 50 each to 26 contractors on completion of the Companies Act Project. A contractual payment of 20,000 was also paid during this time as a final bonus payment to a consultant on completion of the Companies House Implementation Process System (CHIPS).
	 Letter from Sean Dennehey, dated 25 November 2009:
	I am responding in respect of the Intellectual Property Office to your Parliamentary Question tabled 18 November 2009, to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	The Office has paid no incentives to consultants or contractors in any of the last three years. The Office also paid no bonuses to consultants or contractors in any of the last three years, with the single exception that in 2008/09 one IT contractor was paid a bonus of 705.
	 Letter from Sarah Glasspool for and on behalf of Peter Mason, dated 25 November 2009:
	I am responding in respect of the National Measurement Office to your Parliamentary Question tabled 18 November 2009, to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	The National Measurement Office has not paid any bonuses or incentives to consultants or contractors in the last three years.
	 Letter from Stephen Speed, dated 26 November 2009:
	The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has asked me to reply to your question what (a) bonuses and (b) incentives have been paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible in each of the last three years.
	The Insolvency Service made one bonus payment in 2007 totalling 20,000 +VAT, paid to a contractor, against delivery milestones. There have been no other bonus payments made in the last three years.

Students: Loans

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in each age group resident in each local authority area in the South East had not repaid their student loan at the latest date for which figures are available.

David Lammy: Borrowers become liable to repay their loans in the April after they leave their course (the Statutory Repayment Due Date, SRDD). After that date those with earnings of over 15,000 will repay, usually by deductions from salary. Those liable to repay who have not yet made a repayment will include borrowers whose earnings are below the repayment threshold, have gone on to further study or are doing voluntary work.
	The table covers income contingent loan borrowers past SRDD with a known repayment or non-repayment position by whether or not they have made a repayment.
	
		
			  Income contingent loan borrowers past SRDD, March 2009( 1) 
			  Age band  Numbers who have not yet made a repayment  Numbers who have made a repayment  Total 
			  Bracknell Forest
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 190 410 600 
			 25 to 29 150 1,070 1,220 
			 30 to 39 50 100 140 
			 40 to 49 30 40 60 
			 50 and over 10 20 30 
			 Total 430 1,630 2,050 
			 
			  Brighton and Hove
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 360 520 880 
			 25 to 29 540 1,630 2,170 
			 30 to 39 490 840 1,330 
			 40 to 49 190 310 500 
			 50 and over 60 70 130 
			 Total 1,640 3,370 5,010 
			 
			  Buckinghamshire
			 Less than 20 10 (2)- 20 
			 20 to 24 1,190 2,430 3,620 
			 25 to 29 1,050 6,240 7,290 
			 30 to 39 240 500 740 
			 40 to 49 120 210 340 
			 50 and over 60 90 140 
			 Total 2,670 9,470 12,140 
			 
			  East Sussex
			 Less than 20 10 10 20 
			 20 to 24 1,040 1,660 2,700 
			 25 to 29 970 4,530 5,500 
			 30 to 39 290 590 880 
			 40 to 49 170 250 420 
			 50 and over 110 120 230 
			 Total 2,600 7,140 9,740 
			 
			  Hampshire
			 Less than 20 30 20 40 
			 20 to 24 2,570 5,290 7,870 
			 25 to 29 2,220 13,830 16,050 
			 30 to 39 600 1,490 2,090 
			 40 to 49 370 770 1,130 
			 50 and over 180 240 420 
			 Total 5,970 21,630 27,590 
			 
			  Isle of Wight
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 310 420 730 
			 25 to 29 280 1,250 1,530 
			 30 to 39 80 180 260 
			 40 to 49 40 90 130 
			 50 and over 30 30 60 
			 Total 740 1,980 2,710 
			 
			  Kent
			 Less than 20 30 10 40 
			 20 to 24 2,710 5,050 7,760 
			 25 to 29 2,380 12,930 15,310 
			 30 to 39 740 1,680 2,420 
			 40 to 49 480 810 1,300 
			 50 and over 220 310 520 
			 Total 6,550 20,790 27,340 
			 
			  Medway
			 Less than 20 10 (2)- 10 
			 20 to 24 470 950 1,420 
			 25 to 29 420 2,020 2,440 
			 30 to 39 120 270 390 
			 40 to 49 90 170 270 
			 50 and over 40 50 90 
			 Total 1,140 3,480 4,610 
			 
			  Milton Keynes
			 Less than 20 10 10 10 
			 20 to 24 410 830 1,240 
			 25 to 29 410 2,110 2,520 
			 30 to 39 130 220 340 
			 40 to 49 60 100 160 
			 50 and over 20 30 50 
			 Total 1,040 3,300 4,330 
			 
			  Oxfordshire
			 Less than 20 (2)- 10 10 
			 20 to 24 1,270 2,240 3,520 
			 25 to 29 1,240 6,570 7,800 
			 30 to 39 430 930 1,360 
			 40 to 49 190 410 600 
			 50 and over 70 120 190 
			 Total 3,200 10,280 13,490 
			 
			  Portsmouth
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 160 380 540 
			 25 to 29 260 1,290 1,550 
			 30 to 39 190 450 640 
			 40 to 49 110 200 310 
			 50 and over 40 80 120 
			 Total 760 2,390 3,150 
			 
			  Reading
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 190 400 590 
			 25 to 29 200 1,100 1,300 
			 30 to 39 100 230 330 
			 40 to 49 40 110 150 
			 50 and over 10 30 40 
			 Total 540 1,870 2,410 
			 
			  Slough
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 230 470 710 
			 25 to 29 270 1,220 1,490 
			 30 to 39 50 120 170 
			 40 to 49 20 40 60 
			 50 and over 10 10 20 
			 Total 580 1,870 2,450 
			 
			  Southampton
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 340 500 840 
			 25 to 29 360 1,460 1,830 
			 30 to 39 180 440 620 
			 40 to 49 70 130 200 
			 50 and over 30 30 70 
			 Total 980 2,570 3,550 
			 
			  Surrey
			 Less than 20 20 10 30 
			 20 to 24 2,190 4,770 6,960 
			 25 to 29 2,060 12,590 14,650 
			 30 to 39 440 1,040 1,480 
			 40 to 49 210 420 630 
			 50 and over 90 140 230 
			 Total 5,020 18,960 23,980 
			 
			  West Berkshire
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- 10 
			 20 to 24 310 650 960 
			 25 to 29 230 1,740 1,970 
			 30 to 39 50 120 170 
			 40 to 49 40 50 90 
			 50 and over 10 20 40 
			 Total 640 2,580 3,230 
			 
			  West Sussex
			 Less than 20 20 10 40 
			 20 to 24 1,470 2,720 4,190 
			 25 to 29 1,380 7,510 8,890 
			 30 to 39 360 900 1,260 
			 40 to 49 220 420 640 
			 50 and over 110 130 240 
			 Total 3,550 11,690 15,240 
			 
			  Windsor and Maidenhead
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 310 650 960 
			 25 to 29 270 1,630 1,900 
			 30 to 39 70 120 190 
			 40 to 49 30 50 80 
			 50 and over 10 10 20 
			 Total 690 2,470 3,160 
			 
			  Wokingham
			 Less than 20 (2)- (2)- (2)- 
			 20 to 24 360 910 1,280 
			 25 to 29 310 2,280 2,590 
			 30 to 39 60 150 220 
			 40 to 49 30 60 80 
			 50 and over 10 30 40 
			 Total 780 3,430 4,210 
			 (1)Table covers income-contingent loan borrowers past SRDD and for whom at least one year of repayment history has been closed off so that the repayment/non-repayment position can be determined. Excludes transitional year loans taken out in academic year 2008/09. Gives the local authority in which the borrower was resident at the time of application for student finance; this does not indicate current residence. Figures rounded to the nearest 10. Age is shown at the end of the last tax year for which repayment/non-repayment information has been posted, mainly end of tax year 2007/08.  (2)Less than five borrowers.   Source:  Student Loans Company

Afghanistan: Corruption

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what commitments he has  (a) sought and  (b) received from the Afghan Government regarding political reform and action against corruption; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: President Karzai made his commitment to political reform and tackling corruption, including the appointment of clean and competent ministers and governors, clear in his inauguration speech of 19 November 2009. We welcome the emphasis he placed on the need for Ministers to have integrity and professionalism, and look forward to the announcement of his Cabinet. We regularly discuss the need to tackle corruption with the Afghan Government and offer technical support, for example in providing a multi-agency task force to support the implementation of an anti-corruption strategy.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whom the Prime Minister plans to invite to the forthcoming conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held in London.

Ivan Lewis: My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has offered to hold a conference on Afghanistan to be held in London.
	We are currently working up the potential scope of the conference. More information will be made available in due course.

Belarus: Capital Punishment

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation he has made to the Belarus Government on the decision of the Belarus Supreme Court to reject the appeals of Vasily Yusepchuk and Andrei Zhuk against the death sentence; and what discussions he has had on the matter at the Council of Europe.

Chris Bryant: We and EU partners have raised the cases of Vasily Yusepchuk and Andrei Zhuk with the Belarusian authorities on a number of occasions. We also took part in a European Commission press conference on 12 October 2009 to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty. I referenced two cases in a Westminster Hall debate on the global abolition of the death penalty on 28 October 2009,  Official Report, column 71H. EU member states are working with local and international non-governmental organisations to promote public debate, and publicise EU views on the death penalty. We continue to urge Belarus to abolish the death penalty or, as an initial measure, to introduce a moratorium.
	The Council of Europe (CoE) plays close attention to developments in Belarus. In June 2009 the CoE Parliamentary Assembly agreed to the restoration of the Special Guest status of the Belarusian Parliament, which had been suspended in 1997, only after a moratorium on the death penalty. On 30 October 2009 a joint statement was issued by the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE and the Secretary-General of the CoE calling on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to grant clemency, to declare a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Belarus and to commute the sentences of all prisoners sentenced to death to terms of imprisonment.

Departmental Internet

Oliver Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year.

Chris Bryant: The cost of maintaining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) entire web platform in the 2008-09 financial year was 1.45 million. This covers hosting, development and support costs.
	The FCO's web platform is home to 250 websites, including cross-Government websites such as
	www.londonsummit.gov.uk
	www.actoncopenhagen.gov.uk
	and our network of embassy and high commission websites. It is not possible to calculate the individual cost of the main corporate website.
	The forecast cost of maintaining the 250 websites on the FCO web platform in 2009-10 is 1.45 million.
	These costs do not include staff time spent updating the websites.

Departmental Pay

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding his Department has allocated for  (a) year-end and  (b) in-year bonuses for staff in 2009-10.

Chris Bryant: For 2009-10 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) allocated the following amounts for variable pay in 2009-10:
	 (a) 7,693,418
	 (b) 532,667.
	These bonus figures are based on a total pay bill of 213,613,185. The FCO does not pay year-end bonuses as such. Government policy is to differentiate reward to civil servants more effectively and to link it directly to performance. As a result a higher proportion of annual reward now takes the form of non-consolidated, non-pensionable bonus payments (variable pay). The FCO arrangements for bonus payments mirror those adopted by other Whitehall Departments.

Departmental Pay

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2008; what proportion of the total work force they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Bryant: During the financial year 2008-09, a total of 4,712 staff received a bonus payment. This represents 80 per cent. of the total workforce.
	The total amount of bonuses paid was 7,597,836 and the largest single payment was 30,000. The average amount per employee was 1,286.

Government Hospitality

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much Government Hospitality spent on  (a) champagne,  (b) wine,  (c) china,  (d) cutlery and  (e) venue hire in 2008-09.

Chris Bryant: In the financial year 2008-09 Government Hospitality recorded the following expenditure:
	Wines and spirits: 121,939 (including 27,136 spent on Champagne)
	China: 150
	Cutlery: 5,896
	Government Hospitality does not meet venue hire costs for functions it organises at non-Government venues.

National Clearing House Scheme

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were purchased under the National Clearing House scheme in each of the last three years; and how many such homes were subsequently  (a) sold,  (b) used for affordable rent,  (c) purchased under shared ownership and  (d) unused.

Ian Austin: The Housing Corporation, the Homes and Communities Agency's predecessor, set up the National Clearing House to streamline initial assessment of national packages of at least 250 units from private sector house builders and operated during 2008-09.
	Allocations through the National Clearing House and the purchase of unsold stock from developers through the National Affordable Housing Programme allocated a total of 350 million to provide 9,600 affordable homes in 2008-09. Of these homes some 6,300 were to be used for social rent and 3,300 for low cost home ownership.

Community Development: Finance

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to encourage applications for community grants.

Rosie Winterton: Communities and Local Government work with the Office of the Third Sector and through intermediary bodies such as the Community Development Foundation, Social Investment Business, and local authorities, to promote opportunities to communities to apply for grants to help make a positive change to the lives of others and the community in which they live.

Cornwall Council

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on proposals for Cornwall Council to be renamed as an  (a) assembly,  (b) parliament,  (c) senate and  (d) another designation.

Rosie Winterton: We have received no such representations about the renaming of Cornwall council. An order made under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 allowed the council to adopt either the name of Cornwall county council or Cornwall council; the council decided to adopt the latter name.

Departmental Pay

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated for  (a) year end and  (b) in-year bonuses for staff in 2009-10.

Barbara Follett: The Department for Communities and Local Government have allocated 1,276,150 for end of year non-consolidated pay awards in 2009-10:
	The Department also operates a scheme for all staff below the senior civil service under which individuals or teams may receive a small non-consolidated award in recognition of an outstanding contribution over a limited period. A formal allocation of funding is not made for this scheme but a limit of 0.2 per cent. of the pay bill is placed on expenditure under these arrangements. The maximum payment under these arrangements is 600.

Departmental Work Sharing

Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of staff of his Department, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies work flexibly or part-time; and what his Department's policy is on making jobs available on a job-share or flexible basis.

Barbara Follett: Communities and Local Government (CLG) has 236 members of staff who work part-time, this represents 10 per cent. of the total number of staff. Data on other forms of flexible working is collected for CLG, but the proportion of people who have provided data are too low to allow meaningful analysis.
	Figures for the agencies and non-departmental public bodies are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	All posts in Communities and Local Government are open to flexible working arrangements, including job-share; unless there is a substantive business case to the contrary showing it would be impracticable and inefficient. All posts will be advertised on this basis, whether advertised internally or externally.

Homelessness

Chloe Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps are being taken to reduce levels of homelessness in each region.

Ian Austin: We have allocated over 200 million to local authorities and voluntary organisations over three years (2008-11) to reduce and prevent homelessness in their areas by offering tailored support and advice. In addition, the department also recently announced a 20 million Preventing Repossessions Fund to enable local authorities to extend small loans to families at risk of homelessness through repossession or eviction. We have also provided 2.5 million funding to the National Homelessness Advice Service (NHAS) which is a partnership between Shelter and the Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABx) providing high quality advice on homelessness prevention through the network of participating CABx and other voluntary agencies across England.
	Over recent months the Government have also announced a series of measures and new funding that will help homeowners remain in their home wherever possible. This help includes the 285 million Mortgage Rescue Scheme, the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme and substantial changes to Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme.
	New cases of homelessness acceptances have reduced by 69 per cent. since the last peak in 2003. The latest statistics show that there were 10,520 homelessness acceptances during the period April to June 2009-32 per cent. lower than the same period last year. The proportion of homelessness acceptances due to mortgage repossessions has remained at 3 per cent.

Housing: Low Incomes

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the supply of affordable housing.

Ian Austin: We know there is a strong case for building more housing generally and more affordable housing in particular. In order to better understand the relationship between supply and identified need CLG has commissioned a housing need analytical model from Heriot-Watt university which will improve our understanding of the impact of housing supply on housing need going forward. It is hoped this will be available to the Department by the end of the year.
	There were 4 million LA and RSL owned homes in England in 2007 and we are spending 7.5 billion over the two years 2009-10 and 2010-11 to deliver around 112,000 affordable homes.

Housing: Owner Occupation

Chloe Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homeowners there were in  (a) Norwich North constituency and  (b) each region in each of the last 10 years.

Ian Austin: Estimates of the number of homeowners in each region for each of the last 10 years can be found in table S135a, available on the Communities and Local Government website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/1393611.xls
	These estimates are based on data from the ONS Labour Force Survey.
	Estimates for the Norwich, North constituency are not available.

Local Authorities: Powers

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what additional decision-making powers are available to  (a) Cornwall Council and  (b) the Council of the Isles of Silly which each of them (i) has not so far requested and (ii) has requested and is negotiating with (A) his Department and (B) another Government department or agency.

Rosie Winterton: Cornwall council and the council of the Isles of Scilly already enjoy a full range of local government powers, hi response to our recent consultation, Strengthening Local Democracy, the Leader of Cornwall council commented that powers involving the delegation of funding, duties for regional and national bodies to co-operate and the ability to flex national policy to make it appropriate to local circumstances could be helpful in relation to the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Economic Forum. The Government will be publishing their formal response to the consultation shortly.

Non-domestic Rates: Banks

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was paid in empty property rates on properties owned by banks with shares managed by UK Financial Investments Ltd. in  (a) 2008-09 and  (b) 2009-10.

Barbara Follett: The information is not collected by the Department for Communities and Local Government. However, we have granted all empty properties with rateable values of up to 15,000 eligibility for full relief from business rates in 2009-10. As 70 per cent. of all properties fall below this threshold this temporary relief is providing real help to ratepayers trying to manage short-term pressures in a difficult property market.

Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how many  (a) commercial and  (b) industrial hereditaments in receipt of empty property relief there were of hereditament rateable value of (i) below 2,201, (ii) between 2,201 and 5,000, (iii) between 5,001 and 10,000, (iv) between 10,001 and 15,000 and (v) over 15,000 in (A) 2006-07, (B) 2007-08 and (C) 2008-09; and what the monetary value was of the empty property relief granted to properties in each such category in each such year;
	(2)  how many  (a) commercial and  (b) industrial hereditaments in receipt of empty property relief there were of hereditament rateable value of (i) below 2,201, (ii) between 2,201 and 5,000, (iii) between 5,001 and 10,000, (iv) between 10,001 and 15,000 and (v) over 15,000 before the (A) application of the 15,000 rateable value empty property rates exemption and (B) with the application of the 15,000 exemption; and what the monetary value was of empty property between relief granted to properties in each such category in each of those periods;
	(3)  what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) commercial and  (b) industrial hereditaments in receipt of empty property relief of a hereditament rateable value of (i) below 2,201, (ii) between 2,201 and 5,000, (iii) between 5,001 and 10,000, (iv) between 10,001 and 15,000 and (v) over 15,000 in 2010-11; and what the monetary value of empty property relief granted to properties is in each category in that year.

Barbara Follett: The information is not collected by the Department for Communities and Local Government. However, we have granted all empty properties with rateable values of up to 15,000 eligibility for full relief from business rates in 2009-10. As 70 per cent. of all properties fall below this threshold this temporary relief is providing real help to ratepayers trying to manage short term pressures in a difficult property market.

Regional Government: South West

Robert Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department provided to the South West Regional Assembly in  (a) 2007-08 and  (b) 2008-09; how much funding he expects to provide to the South West Councils/South West Strategic Leaders Board in 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of the reduction in his Department's expenditure in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) in subsequent years following the abolition of the South West Regional Assembly.

Ian Austin: The Department has provided the following funding:
	
		
			   Body funded  Amount () 
			 2007-08 South West Regional Assembly 2,469,811 
			 2008-09 South West Regional Assembly 2,300,164 
			 2009-10 South West Strategic Leaders' Board 2,070,148 
		
	
	In 2009-10 the saving to my Department will be in the order of 230,016.
	In 2010-11 the South West Strategic Leaders' Board will undertake functions connected with the production of regional strategies under part 5 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. For this work the amount to be allocated will be subject to receipt of a business plan. In subsequent years funding for this work will be subject to the outcome of the next comprehensive spending review.

Children: Protection

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 9 November 2009,  Official Report, column 107W, on children: protection, on what ground each of the 34 appeals was upheld.

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 23 November 2009
	Information on appeals, including the detailed judgements and the reasons for decisions issued by the Tribunal, can be found on the First-Tier Tribunal's (FTT) website at
	www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk.
	The judgments issued by the FTT set out the facts of each case, the evidence presented by the Appellant and Respondent during the hearing and the FTT's reasons for its judgement.
	In general terms, the burden of proof lies with the Secretary of State as Respondent. The FTT upholds an appeal if it considers, on the balance of probabilities, that
	(i) in List 99 appeals, the Secretary of State's direction preventing an individual from working with children is not appropriate; and
	(ii) in PoCA appeals, it is not satisfied that the individual was guilty of misconduct which harmed a child or placed a child at risk of harm and that the individual is unsuitable to work with children .
	Since the reply given on 9 November 2009,  Official Report, column 107W, the Tribunal has re-heard (upon instruction from the High Court) one appeal which had been previously allowed and was included in the 34 appeals reported in that answer. As a result of the Tribunal's decision in this case to dismiss the appeal on re-hearing, the total number of appeals allowed by the Tribunal is now reduced to 33.
	Judgments, containing the reasons for decisions, for each of the 33 appeals upheld by the Tribunal can be accessed at the following addresses:
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1014
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=882
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1011
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1003
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1003
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1010
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1002
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1008
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=275
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=341
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=342
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=906
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=297
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=303
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=345
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=274
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=396
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=288
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=354
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=361
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=965
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=379
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=433
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=880
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=949
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=977
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1038
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=974
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=888
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=1039
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=196
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=199
	http://www.carestandardstribunal.gov.uk/Public/View.aspx?ID=137

Departmental Manpower

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff are engaged  (a) full-time and  (b) part-time on handling responses to his Department's consultation on Home education-registration and monitoring proposals.

Diana Johnson: 13 staff were engaged in handling the responses: one full-time consultation advisor throughout the whole of the consultation period; a further four full-time and two part-time staff engaged to log and analyse responses towards the end of the consultation period, when the majority of responses were received; and an additional six staff helped with the analysis on a part-time basis following closure of this consultation.

Schools: Mental Health Services

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools in the Milton Keynes area are participating in the Target Mental Health Schools programme; and whether he has plans to extend the programme to other schools in the area.

Diana Johnson: I am pleased to confirm that Milton Keynes will join the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) Programme in April 2010. From April 2010 all local authorities nationally will be implementing TaMHS.
	Milton Keynes will receive approximately 220,000 for 2010-11 to implement TaMHS locally.
	It is up to Milton Keynes to choose the schools to take part in their local TaMHS project. Our recommended model is that each local authority identifies a cluster of three to six secondary schools and their feeder primaries to participate in the programme, reflecting local need.
	In line with the TaMHS grant conditions, each local authority is required to submit an implementation plan to DCSF for approval, which will be monitored against progress.
	Milton Keynes, like all local authorities, will have to indicate in their implementation plan how they will sustain TaMHS provision and will mainstream TaMHS support models to all schools locally beyond 2011.

Government Departments: Land Registry

Frank Field: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps she has taken to encourage Departments experiencing temporary increases in workload to consider outsourcing relevant tasks to Land Registry offices.

Tessa Jowell: Steps to deal with temporary increases in work load are a matter for individual Departments.
	Land Registry has worked with other Government Departments on a number of projects this year, for instance the Department for Work and Pensions where 170 staff have obtained level transfers. Additionally, the Land Registry has entered into a five-year shared service agreement with Ordinance Survey.

Community Justice Centres: Finance

David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans his Department has for the future funding of community justice courts.

Bridget Prentice: There are no plans for any future Community Justice Courts. The Green Paper Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice set out the Government's commitment to co-location of community justice teams in existing court buildings wherever possible and plans to develop a new model of community justice teams where co-location is not practicable. The consultation stage Impact Assessment, published alongside the Green Paper, set out early estimated costs of both approaches. The costs for the community justice teams in 30 local authority areas, updated in light of the consultation, is 1.05 million.
	The teams will ensure that all the agencies in the local area work closely together to engage the community and provide problem-solving for offenders. The court will remain a vital part of this approach.

Debt Management

Anne Begg: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  if he will bring forward plans to limit advertising by fee charging debt management providers who target vulnerable individuals in financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what assessment has been made of the potential to use the process for debt relief orders as a model for regulating debt management schemes; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  what guidance his Department issues on the use of up-front fees for debt management schemes; and if he will make a statement;
	(4)  whether his Department has undertaken research into the potential financial effects on the least well-off from the introduction of statutory regulation of debt management schemes; and if he will make a statement.

Bridget Prentice: The current economic downturn is causing real hardship for many hardworking consumers and the Government are determined to do all they can to help those in financial difficulties, while balancing this against creditors' rights to recover their debts wherever possible, both now and in the future.
	Currently, it is not possible for the Lord Chancellor to control either advertising or the fees charged by debt management scheme providers. However, the powers contained in chapter 4 of part 5 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act (TCEA) 2007 would permit this in respect of approved schemes.
	Following concerns about the operation of this sector, the consultation paper 'Debt Management Schemes-delivering effective and balanced solutions for debtors and creditors' was published on 18 September and looks at the current operation of the debt management market. It seeks views on whether any changes are needed in this area and, if so, what those changes should be.
	It sets out three broad options: continue with the measures currently under way to raise awareness about current schemes and enforce existing rules with operators (Option 1); improve current schemes without regulation, possibly through the introduction of a protocol (Option 2); or implement the Lord Chancellor's powers to approve debt management schemes contained in chapter 4 of part 5 of the (TCEA) 2007 (Option 3).
	The consultation asks specific questions about how debt management schemes should be supervised and, for example, whether any existing scheme could be used or adapted to achieve the aims. This could include using the process for debt relief orders.
	It is expected that the results of the consultation will be available in the new year, at which time the Government will announce what action they plan to take in this area. However, advertising generally will be considered during the compliance review currently being carried out by the Office of Fair Trading. Its report will be issued in spring 2010.
	Separate to this consultation, the Government intend to issue guidance on what consumers should expect from debt management plan operators shortly. This guidance will explain that operators should advise on all debt assistance options available to those approaching them and give clear information about the fees that they charge. This guidance will supplement the more detailed guidance 'In Debt? Dealing with your creditors', published by the Insolvency Service on 2 July 2009.
	An initial impact assessment was published alongside the consultation paper which considered the potential effectiveness of all of the options contained in the consultation paper. The impact assessment considers, as far as possible, the potential effects of all of the options on various sectors of society but also requests additional information to assist in the development of this assessment.
	The consultation paper and initial impact assessment can be accessed via the Ministry of Justice website at
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/debt-management-schemes.htm

Departmental Pay

John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what  (a) bonuses and  (b) incentives have been paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by his Department in each of the last three years;
	(2)  what  (a) bonuses and  (b) incentives have been paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible in each of the last three years.

Jack Straw: The information requested prior to April 2009 was not kept centrally. However, according to available records, there are no contracts with consultants or contractors in my Department that have bonus payments or incentives included within them. Since April 2009, when Ministry of Justice procurement and relevant records were centralised, no contracts with consultants or contractors have bonus payments or incentives included within them.

Fixed Penalties: Fines

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will reject any proposals to introduce a victims' surcharge for fixed penalties and on the spot fines; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Ward: It is Government policy that, where possible, offenders should contribute to victims' services as part of their reparation. Provisions were therefore included in the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 providing for a surcharge to be payable on criminal convictions, penalty notices for disorder and on fixed penalty notices for road traffic offences where the offences are persistent and serious.
	The victim surcharge was introduced on 1 April 2007 and has been applied initially only to fines imposed in magistrates and Crown courts at a rate of 15. We intend to add the surcharge to other disposals as soon as it becomes feasible to do so. Proceeds raised from the surcharge provide a ring-fenced source of funding for a wide variety of organisations providing non-financial support to victims and witnesses of crime.

Magistrates' Courts: Welsh Language

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how much his Department has spent on translating summonses into Welsh in each month since January 2009; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many requests there have been for summonses to be translated into Welsh in each month since January 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Bridget Prentice: From 9 December 2008 to 13 September 2009, HMCS operated a national process for manual translation of documents into Welsh. This was the period between completion of Libra IT rollout across all magistrates' courts, and the release of the bilingual version of the system. During this time documents were manually translated upon request, within one working day.
	Since 13 September, bilingual documents have been produced automatically from Libra where customers indicate a Welsh language preference.
	From January 2009 to September 2009, HMCS spent a total of 2,605 on manual translation of summonses into Welsh. The following table gives a breakdown per month.
	
		
			  Cost of translation of Libra documents into Welsh (from January to September 2009) 
			  Month  Cost () 
			 January 2009 410.00 
			 February 2009 365.00 
			 March 2009 620.00 
			 April 2009 270.00 
			 May 2009 170.00 
			 June 2009 305.00 
			 July 2009 240.00 
			 August 2009 150.00 
			 September 2009 75.00 
			 Total 2,605.00 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of requests 
			   Number 
			 January 2009 19 
			 February 2009 38 
			 March 2009 42 
			 April 2009 33 
			 May 2009 36 
			 June 2009 58 
			 July 2009 44 
			 August 2009 38 
			 September 2009 26 
			 Total 334

Mentally Ill: Health Services

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the operational cost per patient per year of a  (a) low,  (b) medium and  (c) high security mental health unit.

Phil Hope: I have been asked to reply.
	The latest figures for the cost per patient per year in a high secure hospital for 2009-10 is 291,780 (figures from the service level agreement with the hospitals). This is the average cost per annum for all high secure services except for patients with dangerous and severe personality disorder.
	The latest figures for costs for patients in medium and low secure units are the 2007-08 NHS reference costs. For 2007-08, the national average cost per patient per year in a medium secure unit was 171,915 (based on cost per patient per bed day of 471). For the same period, the national average cost per patient per year for low secure mental health units was 142,715 (based on cost per patient per bed day of 391).

National Probation Trust Programme: Expenditure

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the  (a) budget and  (b) projected actual cost of the National Probation Trust Programme was for 2009-10.

Maria Eagle: The information requested is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Resource total () 
			 Forecast outturn 3,361,184 
			 Annual budget 3,611,184 
			 Forecast variance 250,000

National Probation Trust Programme: Expenditure

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what total budget was set for the National Probation Trust Programme over the lifetime of the programme; and what his latest estimate is of the total projected cost of the programme.

Maria Eagle: The allocation of funds to the Probation Trusts Programme has been managed on an annual basis. The annual differences in allocation reflect the changes to the scale and scope of the programme in each of the three years.
	Throughout its lifetime the programme has consistently come in under budget; this is as a consequence of in-year changes to the scope of the programme.
	The total budget allocation for the Probation Trust Programme is 11.095 million; the latest estimated cost over the three years is 8.346 million.

Office for Criminal Justice Reform: Finance

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what projects the Office for Criminal Justice Reform has funded in each year since it was created; and how much funding was provided for each such project.

Claire Ward: To provide the information requested for all the years since the Office for Criminal Justice Reform was created would incur disproportionate cost. Information is readily available for 2008-09: financial information for the projects the Office for Criminal Justice Reform supported in for 2008-09 is shown in the table.
	In addition to the projects shown in the table, the Office for Criminal Justice Reform supports local projects through the Community Cashback scheme. The scheme (worth 4 million this year) gives local people a say in how recovered criminal assets should be used to support local communities.
	Details of the projects supported by Community Cashback can be found at:
	http://cashback.cjsonline.gov.uk/
	
		
			  OCJR funded projects 2008-09 and 2009-10 
			   million 
			   2008-09  2009-10 
			  Project  Resource  Capital  Resource  Capital 
			  Business Change Projects 
			 Exchange Links-Sharing information between CJS agencies' IT systems 4.67 - - - 
			 PROGRESS-IT tool to track court directions 1.18 0.50 0.20 - 
			 CJS Exchange Improvements (Virtualisation) - 1.41 - - 
			 Bichard Recommendation 7 5.74 3.17 1.90 2.99 
			 Postal Charging 0.48 0.37  0.15 
			 Virtual Courts 1.29 1.99 0.50 0.75 
			 eYOT-Development of Case Management System for youth offending teams - 2.00 0.77 3.40 
			 Warwickshire Justice Centre - - - 2.00 
			 YJB to Probation-information handoff - - 0.50 - 
			 Disruption of mobile 'phones in prisons - - - 0.79 
			 Conditional cautions 0.72 - 0.10 - 
			 British Transport Police-Exchange Links - - 0.25 - 
			 Piloting of Live Links for all Witnesses (except defendants) 0.04 - - - 
			 Victim Intermediaries 0.23 - - - 
			 Developing the capacity and capability of LCJBs (Beacons approach) 0.33 - - - 
			 Witness Charter 0.03 - - - 
			 Maximising Video Conferencing Programme 0.29 - - - 
			 Prison to Court Video Links 0.12 - - - 
			 Development of Compliance and Enforcement measure - - 0.15 - 
			  
			  Strategy Projects 
			 Waterfall/CJS unit costs 0.03 - - - 
			 Strategy reviews 0.06 - 0.25 - 
			  
			  Research Projects 
			 CJS Modelling 0.30 - - - 
			 Improving CJS Data Quality 0.30 - 0.18 - 
			 Local Criminal Justice Board Guidance-community engagement 0.03 - - - 
			 Postal Requisitions-evaluation 0.04 - - - 
			 Victim Service Mapping 0.11 - 0.08 - 
			 Research on Conditional Cautions for Women 0.02 - 0.04 - 
			 Research-Women and the Criminal Justice System 0.04 - - - 
			 Communications and Confidence 0.02 - - - 
			 Virtual Courts-evaluation - - 0.12 - 
			 Community Payback - - 0.09 - 
			 Research-Efficiency and Effectiveness - - 0.20 - 
			 Research-Supporting Local Delivery - - 0.23 - 
			  
			  Local Delivery Projects 
			 LCJB Innovation Fund 0.10 - - - 
			 Realising the Potential of LCJBs 1.70 - 2.34 - 
			  
			  Race and Confidence Projects 
			 Race and Confidence Challenge Fund 0.25 - 0.10 - 
			 Diagnostic Tool to support delivery of PSA Indicator 4 (Race Disproportionality) 0.03 - 0.01 - 
			 Race for Justice Action Plan - - 0.05 - 
			 Community engagement pathfinder areas - - 2.55 - 
			  
			  Victims and Witnesses Projects 
			 Review of Code of Practice for Victims 0.03 - 0.10 - 
			 Development and roll out of Good Practice Toolkit for Child Witnesses 0.01 - 0.19 - 
			 Funding for LCJBs to support delivery of Indicator 3 (Victim and Witness Satisfaction) 0.25 - - - 
			 Development of Strategy to Support Children and young people who are victims of crime 0.02 - - - 
			 Review of Victim Support's Witness Services 0.13 - 0.25 - 
			 Review of Victims Advisory Panel 0.01 - - - 
			 Victims Pledge-improving support for young victims of crime - - 0.50 - 
			 Total 18.58 9.44 11.14 10.08

Prisons: Drugs

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to his Department was of dispensing methadone prescriptions in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: I have been asked to reply.
	This information is not held centrally. Since 2006, the national health service has been responsible for the commissioning of clinical services in prisons, including the administration of medicines. Individual budgetary costs are therefore the concern of local NHS primary care trusts (PCTs).
	With the introduction of the Integrated Drug Treatment System (IDTS), methadone treatment for drug dependence has become increasingly available in prison. The purpose of IDTS is to bring improvements to the quality and volume of drug treatment in prisons. Since 2006, the Department of Health has allocated four waves of IDTS funding to NHS PCTs to implement enhanced prison clinical drug treatment:
	
		
			   Funding ( million) 
			 2006-07 7.8 
			 2007-08 11.5 
			 2008-09 23.2 
			 2009-10 39.7

Probation: Expenditure

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the estimated outturn of each probation area budget for financial year 2010-11 was at the time the budgets were set; and what his most recent estimate is.

Maria Eagle: There is no estimated outturn for 2010-11. However the forecast outturn for 2009-10 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   000 
			 Durham Probation Board 10,615 
			 Northumbria Probation Board 28,608 
			 Teesside Probation Board 13,409 
			 Dyfed Powys Probation Trust 8,860 
			 Gwent Probation Board 10,805 
			 North Wales Probation Board 12,317 
			 South Wales Probation Trust 24,385 
			 Humberside Probation Trust 18,543 
			 North Yorkshire Probation Board 9,816 
			 South Yorkshire Probation Board 25,003 
			 West Yorkshire Probation Board 41,789 
			 Cheshire Probation Board 15,162 
			 Cumbria Probation Board 8,667 
			 Greater Manchester Probation Trust 52,942 
			 Lancashire Probation Trust 24,532 
			 Merseyside Probation Trust 32,550 
			 Staffordshire Probation Board 16,904 
			 Warwickshire Probation Board 7,177 
			 West Mercia Probation Trust 15,217 
			 West Midlands Probation Board 57,319 
			 Bedfordshire Probation Board 9,475 
			 Cambridgeshire Probation Board 10,098 
			 Essex Probation Board 19,392 
			 Hertfordshire Probation Board 11,464 
			 Norfolk Probation Board 11,582 
			 Suffolk Probation Board 10,019 
			 Hampshire Probation Board 24,834 
			 Kent Probation Board 21,470 
			 Surrey Probation Board 10,564 
			 Sussex Probation Board 18,074 
			 Thames Valley Probation Board 25,776 
			 Derbyshire Probation Board 14,186 
			 Leicestershire Probation Trust 15,273 
			 Lincolnshire Probation Board 9,464 
			 Northamptonshire Probation Board 9,279 
			 Nottinghamshire Probation Board 19,327 
			 Avon and Somerset Probation Board 20,453 
			 Devon and Cornwall Probation Board 20,351 
			 Dorset Probation Board 9,445 
			 Gloucestershire Probation Board 7,881 
			 Wiltshire Probation Trust 8,064 
			 London Probation Board 151,093 
			 Total 892,185 
		
	
	Overall probation is forecasting an underspend of 2 million for 2009-10.

Sentencing: Young Offenders

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young people aged  (a) under 18 and  (b) 18 years old received a (i) community rehabilitation order, (ii) supervision order, (iii) community punishment order, (iv) attendance centre order, (v) curfew order, (vi) reparation order, (vii) action plan order and (viii) referral order in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Claire Ward: The information requested is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Persons sentenced to community sentences by age and type of sentence, 2007: England and Wales 
			  Number of persons 
			   Under 18  18 
			 Community Rehabilitation Order 1,851 169 
			 Supervision Order 11,952 (1)- 
			 Community Punishment Order 1,915 101 
			 Attendance Centre Order 3,199 139 
			 Curfew Order 4,690 200 
			 Reparation Order 4,055 (1)- 
			 Action Plan Order 4,865 (1)- 
			 Referral Order 32,142 (1)- 
			 (1) Not applicable. These orders can only be given to those aged under 18.  Notes: 1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. 2. Totals for 18-year-olds will not include any offenders aged 18 whose age was not recorded in court IT systems.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	This data has been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. This data is presented on the principal offence basis: where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed; where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

Breast Cancer

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of women undergoing surgery for breast cancer received immediate breast reconstruction surgery in  (a) England,  (b) each cancer network and  (c) each primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available.

Ann Keen: The information requested is not available in the format requested.
	The National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit (NMBRA) only collects data on patients having mastectomy for breast cancer, not all surgery for breast cancer. The data is available at a national and cancer network level, but not at primary care trust level.
	The data has been taken from the NMBRA 2 Annual Report, published in October 2009. This publication is available online at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/services/national-clinical-audit-support-programme-ncasp/audit-reports/mastectomy-and-breast-reconstruction
	The audit collected data on patients who have had a mastectomy, with or without immediate reconstruction, or delayed reconstruction for breast cancer mastectomy patients between 1 January 2008 and 31 March 2009.
	When the aAudit closed for submissions 15,479 female mastectomy patients had been entered into the data collection system. Of these 3,216 women underwent immediate breast reconstruction.
	
		
			  Percentage of women by cancer network who accepted an offer of an immediate reconstruction 
			  Cancer network  Compliance (percentage) 
			 3 counties 26.5 
			 Anglia 21.4 
			 Arden 12.8 
			 Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire 21.1 
			 Central South Coast 23.3 
			 Derby/Burton 16.3 
			 Dorset 13.7 
			 Essex 42.8 
			 Greater Manchester and Cheshire 16.1 
			 Greater Midlands 18.0 
			 Humber and Yorkshire Coast 26.2 
			 Kent and Medway 17.1 
			 Lancashire and South Cumbria 19.3 
			 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 9.1 
			 Merseyside and Cheshire 22.3 
			 Mid Trent 18.6 
			 Mount Vernon 20.0 
			 North East London 23.6 
			 North London 25.9 
			 North of England 9.9 
			 North Trent 10.5 
			 Pan Birmingham 11.1 
			 Peninsula 13.7 
			 South East London 34.5 
			 South West London 31.7 
			 Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire 36.1 
			 Sussex 25.2 
			 Thames Valley 17.7 
			 West London 24.4 
			 Yorkshire 16.8 
			  Notes: 1. All eligible national health service trusts in England have participated in the Audit but case ascertainment is not 100 per cent. for all trusts. Therefore the audit's data does not cover all eligible patients. 2. The second Annual Report reported on the 30 cancer networks that existed when the audit began in January 2008. Subsequently, Mid Trent; Derby/Burton; and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland combined to become East Midlands Cancer Network, and there are currently 28 cancer networks.

Departmental Taxis

Ian Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred against each such contract in each of the last three years.

Phil Hope: The Department had contracts with Addison Lee over the last three years and with GDCA Green Cars during 2008-09.
	The expenditure against each contract is as follows:
	
		
			   
			   Addison Lee  GDCA Green Cars 
			 2006-07 306,310 - 
			 2007-08 336,934 - 
			 2008-09 291,985 22,935 
		
	
	Both contracts were cancelled recently in order to reduce the Department's carbon footprint and save money.

Drugs: Rehabilitation

David Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what his most recent estimate is of the average annual cost of an opiate substitute prescription for a problem drug user;
	(2)  what his most recent estimate is of the average number of months during which a problem drug user takes a prescribed opiate substitute.

Gillian Merron: Drug treatment in England consists of various types of treatment, depending on the circumstances of the service user, including opiate substitute prescribing. A service user may therefore receive many different treatments over time which makes it difficult to isolate the cost of a single component such as substitute prescribing.
	The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System operated by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) records the type of treatment interventions each person receives, e.g. 'specialist prescribing' (from a specialist drug service) and 'GP prescribing' (from their general practitioner). It does not record the medication prescribed.
	The annual cost of a person in a prescribing intervention is estimated at between 2,000 and 5,000, depending on the medication prescribed, the intensity of their treatment and ancillary support.
	Data on the length of time that an opiate substitute is prescribed are not collected centrally, however research shows that staying in treatment for at least 12 weeks has a lasting positive benefit in reducing the harm associated with dependence.
	It is important to note that the duration of drug treatment varies markedly according to individual need and that it is not unusual for drug users to go in and out of treatment several times, often over several years, before becoming drug-free. Additionally, national clinical guidelines do not specify how long a person should be in treatment.
	Prescribing an opiate substitute has benefits for both the patient and society. It allows the patient an opportunity to stabilise their drug intake and lifestyle while breaking with the cyclic nature of illicit drug use and dependency, allowing them to take responsibility for their children, earn their own living and to keep a stable home.

Health: Learning Disability

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of GP practices use Directed Enhanced Service for annual health checks for people with learning disabilities.

Phil Hope: This information is not available centrally. We are however monitoring primary care trusts' spend on this directed enhanced service and have commissioned an independent survey of activity, by general practitioner practices, on this directed enhanced service. Both data sources suggest that since this directed enhanced service was introduced the number of health checks given to patients with learning disabilities has increased significantly, with overall expenditure expected to almost double from 6 million in 2008-09 to over 11 million in 2009-10.

Lung Cancer

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to assist the Lung Cancer Awareness Month initiative.

Ann Keen: We are committed to raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer, and this is a key focus of the Cancer Reform Strategy, published in December 2007. A copy has already been placed in the Library.
	We know that awareness weeks and months for specific cancer types can be an effective way of raising awareness of cancer. As part of this year's Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we have provided funding of 15,000 for lung cancer awareness leaflets to be sent to all pharmacies in England for public distribution. This is the second year that we have provided funding for these leaflets.
	A stakeholder group has been formed to address lung cancer awareness at a strategic level. The Lung Cancer Awareness Action and Advisory Group is working to raise awareness of lung cancer.
	Through the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative, formally launched in November 2008, we are working to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer, including lung cancer, amongst the public and health professionals. This work includes: the development of key messages on a number of cancers (key messages for lung cancer are available on the NHS Choices website at:
	www.nhs.uk/pathways/lungcancer/pages/symptoms.aspx;
	carrying out a baseline national cancer symptom awareness survey; commissioning an audit of cancer diagnoses in primary care; and providing funding for a number of cancer awareness campaigns.
	As part of the Initiative, almost 5 million has been allocated to the national health service to support cancer networks and primary care trusts in implementing local services that will improve awareness of cancers, including lung cancer, and promote early diagnosis.
	The Department is investing in a campaign to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of lung, breast and bowel cancers to encourage people with symptoms to seek help earlier than they do currently. The Improvement Foundation's Healthy Communities Collaborative is working in 20 of the most deprived areas of the country to target those most at risk and is working with local people to develop and test methods of awareness raising.
	In addition, the Department and the Football Foundation are jointly funding the Ahead of the Game programme. Ahead of the Game is a one-year pilot programme that uses the appeal of football to raise awareness of lung, bowel and prostate cancers in men aged 55 and over.

Mental Health Services: Finance

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the mental health budget was in each of the last 30 years.

Phil Hope: This information is not available in the format requested. Data are collected by the Department from the programme budgeting data collection from 2003-04 onwards. Prior to this, data was collected through the national health service Health and Community Health Services collection (HCHS). The two data collections are not compatible, and the HCHS data set underestimates total expenditure, so has not been used.
	Data on mental health budgets from 2003-04 to 2007-08 only are available from the NHS programme budget data collections for mental health disorders and this is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Department of Health: Programme budget data collection total expenditure on mental health services by the NHS in England 2003-04 to 2007-08 
			   Expenditure (000) 
			 2003-04 7,386,096 
			 2004-05 7,905,131 
			 2005-06 8,538,755 
			 2006-07 9,125,740 
			 2007-08 10,291,979 
			  Source: Department of Health.

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Voluntary Organisations

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with voluntary and community organisations concerned with the delivery of care to patients with musculoskeletal conditions.

Ann Keen: The Secretary of State has had no recent discussions with voluntary or community organisations concerned with the delivery of care to patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
	On 20 January 2009, Lord Darzi, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, met with a group of stakeholders to discuss the research of the Rheumatology Futures Group. This stakeholder group included representatives of the national rheumatoid arthritis society (NRAS) and the British Society for Rheumatology.
	On 25 November 2009, a meeting took place between Jenny Snell of NRAS and Mike O'Brien, Minister of State for Health Services, and a further meeting is scheduled for 1 December.

NHS: Pay

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of NHS staff earn more than 50,000 per annum.

Ann Keen: Of the 940,674 full-time equivalent hospital and community health services staff surveyed in the Information Centre for health and social care's April to June 2009 NHS Staff Earnings Estimates, 93,614 or 10 per cent. are estimated to have national health service earnings of more than 50,000 a year.

NHS: Pay

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid in salary and wage costs for NHS employees in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the proportion paid to such employees who earn more than 50,000 per annum.

Ann Keen: According to the national health service financial returns and foundation trust annual reports the paybill for staff in the hospital and community health services was 39.2 billion in 2008-09. Information on the proportion of this figure paid to staff who earn more than 50,000 per annum is not available.
	The annual salaries (excluding employers' tax and national insurance contributions) of the hospital and community health services staff surveyed in the Information Centre for health and social care's April to June 2009 NHS Staff Earnings Estimates are estimated to total 30.8 billion, of which around 25 per cent. was paid to staff who earned more than 50,000 a year.

Swine Flu: Babies

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what protection from swine influenza is available for babies under the age of six months; and if he will make a statement.

Gillian Merron: Our advice to everyone is to continue to protect themselves and their babies by observing good respiratory and hand hygiene (use a tissue when they cough and sneeze and then throw it away and the frequent use of soap and water or sanitizer). People should contact their general practitioner (GP) if they have a child under one year old who has flu-like symptoms.
	A GP will assess children under one year and give advice on the use of the antiviral medication, any other relevant medication and on symptom management. People should keep a close eye on their child's symptoms and if their child suddenly gets much worse or does not improve, they should contact their GP again.
	The appropriate antiviral medication for children under one is oral oseltamivir solution, which is made up in national health service hospital pharmacies. We have enough of the powder for 50 per cent. of under ones. This is a sufficient amount based on current advice about the numbers who may be ill during the pandemic.
	Advice on the use of antiviral medicines for children under the age of one year has been placed in the Library (Pandemic Influenza: Recommendations on the use of antiviral medicines for pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding and children under the age of one year) and advice on breastfeeding and swine flu, including ways of reducing the risk of pass flu from mother to baby is given on the Department's website at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Children/Maternity/Maternalandinfantnutrition/DH_099965
	Neither of the swine flu vaccines used in the United Kingdom vaccination programme is licensed by the European regulators for use in children under six months old.

Departmental Buildings

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which  (a) individuals other than Ministerial colleagues and officials of his Department and  (b) organisations he met in an official capacity in the week commencing 9 November 2009.

Joan Ruddock: In its response to a report by the Public Administration Select Committee 'Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall', the Government agreed to publish online, on a quarterly basis, information about ministerial meetings with outside interest groups. Information for the period 1 October to 31 December 2009 will be published by Departments as soon as the information is ready, and will be made available on the Cabinet Office website in early 2010.

Warm Front Scheme

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department plans to spend on the Warm Front Programme in  (a) 2009-10,  (b) 2010-11,  (c) 2011-12,  (d) 2012-13 and  (e) 2013-14; and what estimate he has made of the (i) proportion of such expenditure to be incurred in England, (ii) the carbon savings to be achieved, (iii) the number of properties affected and (iv) the number of jobs created from such expenditure in each year.

David Kidney: holding answer 23 November 2009
	The allocated budget for this spending round has been set at 959 million (2008-11).The actual spend for Year 1 (2008-09) was 395 million, while the planned spend for financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11 is 369 million and 195 million respectively. Budgets for future years will be considered as part of the next spending round.
	Warm Front does not operate in the devolved administrations and thus all scheme expenditure will be incurred in England.
	The Carbon Reductions reported for the scheme are based on figures calculated by the external energy analysis company, the Energy Audit Company, using property data collected by the Scheme Manager. Calculations for total carbon savings achieved under Warm Front are calculated annually at the end of each year, as such, the process does not yield projected estimates for incomplete or future years. The last period for which figures are available is 2008-09 (the last complete scheme year) when the scheme reported an average reduction on 1.233 tonnes per household assisted. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) on 12 November 2009,  Official Report, column 677W, for further information on carbon savings under Warm Front.
	The scheme aims to assist over 205,000 households this year, with a current estimate of 90,000 in 2010-11. This reduction in numbers is a result of 50 million of scheme funding being brought forward from the 2010-11 budget in order to assist vulnerable households sooner. It is not possible to make estimates for future years as budgets have not been set.
	Given the length of the scheme's supply chain, it is difficult to estimate the number of jobs that Warm Front creates. At the 2008 pre-Budget report, the Government announced that 3 billion of capital investment would be brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10 to support a number of different industries and sectors through the economic downturn. This included a green stimulus of 535 million, which included 100 million, in new funding for Warm Front and 50 million brought forward from 2010-11. The Prime Minister announced that total public sector capital investment was expected to create or support 100,000 jobs across the country this year.

Warm Front Scheme

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people aged  (a) under and  (b) over 60 years in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area (A) were offered a Warm Front grant, (B) were required to pay a top-up to a Warm Front grant and (C) declined a Warm Front grant in each of (1) the last 12 months and (2) the last five years.

David Kidney: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 April 2009,  Official report, column 1365W the number of applicants  (a) under and  (b) over 60 years of age in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area who (A) were offered a Warm Front grant and (B) required to make a contribution to the cost of works since 2005 were placed in the House Library in April 2009. At this time, eaga did not record the number of applicants who did not proceed (c).
	However, eaga has now undertaken work to consolidate the number of applicants who did not proceed according to (i) region and (ii) local authority area for the last five years. These figures have been placed in the House Library in a spreadsheet that also includes the number of those aged  (a) under and  (b) over 60 years in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area were (A) offered a Warm Front grant and (B) required to make a contribution to the cost of Warm Front work in (a) the last five years and (b) in the last 12 months.
	However, the numbers of those not proceeding in the last 12 months cannot be consolidated until the end of 2009-10 Scheme Year. I will ensure that these figures are placed in the House Library as soon as they are available.

Warm Front Scheme: Tamworth

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average grant awarded under the Warm Front scheme was in Tamworth constituency in each of the last three years.

David Kidney: The table details the average amount spent in homes receiving assistance from the Warm Front Scheme in the Tamworth constituency in each of the last three years.
	
		
			  Tamworth   
			 2007-08 1,035.24 
			 2008-09 1,583.50 
			 2009-10 (to 31 October 2009) 2,517.91